Samuel Enoch (October 8, 1814 – December 31, 1876) was a German rabbi.
Samuel Enoch was born in
Hamburg
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Hamburgian(s)
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. He attended the Johannæum in Hamburg and the Talmudic lectures of Ḥakam
Isaac Bernays, entered the
University of Würzburg
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, and also became a pupil of Rabbi
Abraham Bing. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at
Erlangen
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.
He continued his
Talmud
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ic studies with
Levi Bodenheimer in
Hildesheim
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, and
R. Rohmann in
Kassel
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; and founded in
Altona a Jewish secondary school (Bürgerschule), which continued under his direction until he became (1855) rabbi of
Fulda
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, where he remained until his death.
Enoch edited for several years, beginning 1845 and with
Jacob Ettlinger, an Orthodox weekly entitled ''Der Treue Zionswächter'' (German title, Hebrew supplement ''Shomer Ziyyon ha-Ne'enan''
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p.5. which was Enoch's contribution). He was also associated as editor with the Berlin ''Jüdische Presse'', which position he occupied at his death.
References
*''Israelitische Wochenschrift'', viii. 40 et seq.
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1814 births
1876 deaths
19th-century German rabbis